Sec. 2167.002. PREREQUISITES FOR LEASING SPACE    


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  • (a) The commission may lease space for a state agency in accordance with this chapter and the agency's specifications if:

    (1) state-owned space is not otherwise available to the agency; and

    (2) the agency has verified it has money available to pay for the lease.

    (b) In making a determination under this section that state-owned space is not available to a state agency, the commission must consider all reasonably available state-owned space in this state, regardless of whether utilizing state-owned space would require the agency to move all or part of the agency's operations to a different geographic location in this state.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 224 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.